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OUR attention was called, some four weeks ago, for the first time, 

 to the new price list of R. & J. Beck. This was found neces- 

 sary " in consequence of the continued advance in cost of manufac- 

 ture and the costly improvements added to certain of our micro- 

 scopes, which have been sold at exceptionally low prices." While 

 the reputation of this house is so well established that they will not 

 suffer from this advance, yet upon general principles we regret the 

 change. There is a large class of professional men who are almost 

 ready to purchase a microscope and try the experiment of ascertain- 

 ing its practical value. This class will not pay much for what they 

 deem an experiment, hence, it appears to us that any advance in 

 prices will only prolong the day when a microscope will form a 

 necessary part of the professional man's outfit. On the other hand, 

 however, it can be truly said that as our reputation increases, so can 

 our prices be safely raised. 



AN INTERESTING LETTER. 



Profesor Lew. R. Stowell: 



Madam — I send you Box contaning peace of Brood comb, 

 which contains Fowl brood the Crypococcus Alveaviolus said to be 

 a minut fungus invizibel to the naked eye. 



Will you give it an examinashun with your microscope and tell 

 me if there is a fungus it is verry contagios but affects the seal 

 Brood, report through P. O Yours. 



N. P- 



THE object of a department for Reviews is to keep our readers 

 aware of new books as they are given to the public and also 

 to give them our own opinion concerning the real value and merit 

 of said works. A long review is seldom read but once, and that 

 once by the proof-reader. Our reviews will always be short and to 

 the point, and so far as our abilities permit, they will be reliable. 

 The only way to keep abreast of the times is to take a few journals 

 and buy carefully selected books. 



WE noticed a good editorial in a Chicago paper a few days ago 

 on "Chicago and Microscopy." It read as 1 if our friend, 

 B. W. Thomas, was the writer. It certainly was a good start for 

 the Chicago meeting. 



